Sex and money: behind the scenes with the big-time stockbrokers

Offers an inside look at the fast-paced world of stockbrokers, portfolio managers, bank traders, and investment counselors, combining expert financial advice with lively anecdotes of the profession's most outrageous characters

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Página 6The manager is Elliot Smith, ex-Marine, ex-college jock. He squeezes a squash
ball most of the day, alternating hands. He also pushes against his desk drawers
for isometric exercise. It's no fun to shake hands with Elliot. He has a three-word ...

Página 159"Oh, I've got a business manager too," she said. "We all have business managers
out here. Mine has me on an allowance. It's wonderful. The checks I get have
pictures of Pilgrims on them. You know, really solid stuff. He buys gold bars for
me ...

Página 221He arranges for public companies to tell their corporate stories at luncheons and
dinners to institutions that may want to buy stock in the storytellers. For months he
had been trying to get a certain lady portfolio manager to come to his lunches.